Chapter 56 Part 2) Not Angels? (Patreon)

Desaray arrived outside the base where Juna’s root was waiting. “Juna, this is Lilith, she will be working with us for a while.”

“Okay, I will transport you both back to the city.” Juna’s root suddenly grew larger and surrounded Desaray and Lilith. Lilith did not seem bothered at all as she was drawn into the root. She just let it happen. Since Desaray, who was supposed to be her mistress, was allowing the root to do its thing, she knew she had nothing to worry about.

Before she knew it, she was standing outside some city gates. The sky she noticed was completely fake. “Your capabilities are quite amazing. If it were others they might not even be able to tell the difference in the sky. But to combine wood and ice together to form a stronger barrier is quite ingenuous as well.”

“This is the work of many. We plan to use earth magic to add to it to form a dome over the entire kingdom. The elder dwarves will even add runes to it, but it will take time as the runes take a while to do and a lot of mana as well. We do not know how strong it will be but we are trying to keep out not only Angels but also Erebus.” Desaray explained.

“I can take care of the extra layer now and I promise no one will ever break through it unless it’s the leader of these people who call themselves gods.” Lilith swung her scythe and slammed the butt of it on the ground. The earth trembled underfoot but what happened next could only be seen by those outside the kingdom. A thin black barrier formed around the kingdom. It had appeared almost instantly. Those who were trying to get into the kingdom were all stuck outside.

“Lilith, did you just?” Desaray looked at Lilith for answers only to see her nod her head. “Thanks, but did you block off the corridor for the refugees?”

“Ah… Hold on I will tie my magic into your current setup.” At this point seeing how easily Lilith was manipulating things, Desaray felt very weak. She hated to admit it but she really had no means of doing the things that Lilith was doing. “There. Done. Things are back in order.”

“Thanks.” Desaray let out a sigh of relief. Not just her but the refugees as well. The Holy Kingdom of Serenity was their last salvation in these hard times. Many races were all lined up outside trying to make their way into the kingdom hoping for protection.

“I am at your command so little things like this are nothing.” Lilith did not seem to think what she did was anything grand. It was nothing to her to merge a few mortal spells into her own.

“We will head to the meeting room. I will call a Council meeting. So we can begin discussing what we are going to do about the angels. I am not so worried about Erebus since I think his only target would be me at this time but the angels are different and will suck the soul out of any female they see.” Desaray’s words made Lilith frown.

“They suck the soul out of females? If I am not wrong those are no angels.” Lilith replied.

“What do you mean?” Desaray was confused. Everyone up until now had been calling them angels.

“Let’s get to the meeting so I can get some better details and if possible a picture of these said angels. His Highness might not know but he does not venture out as much as I do. Mainly because he can’t.” Lilith replied as she walked next to Desaray.

The two quickly made it to the main meeting room where Desaray sat down in her seat. Everyone quickly gathered including Lilly who took her perch on her mother’s lap. The room was filled with all the heads of state ready for their next orders.

“This is Lilith, I was able to gain her assistance to allow us to ward off the dangers at hand. As you all might have heard I ran into an issue. A self-proclaimed god named Erebus has appeared and seems a little pissed after losing to me. On top of that, we have the angels keeping us from being able to leave the kingdom altogether.

“But it seems the angels as we call them might not be actual angels,” Desaray explained.

In another room on video, Ning and Linda sat looking at Desaray in confusion. “What do you mean by they might not be actual angels?” Linda asked.

“I will explain or more like Lilith will explain.” Desaray nodded to Lilith who stood up.

Lilith looked at the others before asking, “Before I begin, can anyone give me a picture of these so-called angels?”

“I can give you live footage.” Juna used one of her roots to protect what they were seeing on the wall behind Lilith. “This is currently the skies south of here.”

“Hmm…” Lilith looked at the grotesque eyeball and frowned. “I do not know who summoned these things but whoever did has no idea what they are messing with. These are actually called Soul Suckers. They prefer females over men and will not touch a single man unless attacked first, or if there are no females left in the world they are on. They can be considered what you would call a virus. But one that feeds on souls.”